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Bundle 12: Organisms and Their Environment



Guiding Questions

1. What are the levels of organization within an ecosystem?

2. How does an organism interact with its environment?

3. How are comparative and descriptive investigations used in science?

Webquest

[|Living or Not Living]



[|Ecological Niches]

[|Levels of Organization]

Vocabulary

**__matter__ - anything that has volume and mass** **__abiotic__ - a non-living thing or something that is not alive** **__biotic__ - anything living or once living** **__organisms__ - a living thing such as a plant or animal** **__populations__ - all the members of one species in a given area** **__niche__ - the role (job) an organism plays in its habitat** **__commensalism__ - relationship where one species benefits and the other species is neither helped nor harmed**

__**mutualism** __ **- relationship where both organisms benefit**

__**parasitism** __**- relationship where one species lives on or inside another organism and benefits while harming the host** **prokaryotic** **eukaryotic** **unicellular** **multicellular** **autotrophic** <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">**habitat** <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">**heterotrophic** <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">**kingdom** <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">**communities** <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">**classification** <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">**domains**

**Important Links**

Ecology Introduction

[|Biotic & Abiotic Factors in Ecosystems]

Food Chains / Trophic Levels







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Interesting Animal Interactions with the Environment



**GAMES** **Exploring Ecosystems** **Biotic or Abiotic Baseball** **Soccer Biotic or Abiotic** Alien Attackers **Food Chains Game** **Bigger Food Chains Game** **Build A Food Chain** **Fun With Food Webs** **Food Fight!**